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<title>Happy Easter!</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 23 Mar 2008 14:04:07 -0400</pubDate>
<description>Konnichiwa! :)
Nothing new on this collective, but I've updated Tak fansite today.
That's all for now, stay tuned!

Happy Easter everyone!!!
I wish you all a wonderful day, take care, eat a lot and have fun.
May the Easter Bunny be nice with you and bring you chocolate and candies! X'D
Hugs!</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Konnichiwa! <img src="http://www.shinydust.net/update/img/emoticon_smile.gif" alt=":)" /><br />
Nothing new on this collective, but I&#8217;ve updated <a href="http://tak.shinydust.net" target="_blank">Tak fansite</a> today.<br />
That&#8217;s all for now, stay tuned!</p>
<h2><u>Happy Easter everyone!!!</u></h2>
<p>I wish you all a wonderful day, take care, eat a lot and have fun.<br />
May the Easter Bunny be nice with you and bring you chocolate and candies! <img src="http://www.shinydust.net/update/img/emoticon_laughing.gif" alt="X'D" /><br />
Hugs!</p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>My exams are over, yatta!</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 17 Feb 2008 09:07:54 -0500</pubDate>
<description>Hey there people! 8)
Sorry I couldn't update before, but as you know I was having my exams and I've been studying FREAKING hard, it's been so exhausting and stressed!
Luckily everything went just fine and I managed all of them pretty well, so I'll have only 2 exams last on my summer session.
Yatta!!! :D
In these days I'm totally fine and happy, finally I could rest for a while before graduating.

Today I have some time to update the site, although there are not so many news.
I've simply updated my Tak site with some new images, check them out!

That's all for today, but I'll update again soon (luckily with some more interesting news).
Now I'm going to the seaside with my boyfriend, just for a walk... and tonight we'll eat mexican food, awesome! ^_^
I wish you all a great sunday, bye!</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey there people! <img src="http://www.shinydust.net/update/img/emoticon_cool.gif" alt="8)" /><br />
Sorry I couldn&#8217;t update before, but as you know I was having my exams and I&#8217;ve been studying FREAKING hard, it&#8217;s been so exhausting and stressed!<br />
Luckily everything went just fine and I managed all of them pretty well, so I&#8217;ll have only 2 exams last on my summer session.<br />
Yatta!!! <img src="http://www.shinydust.net/update/img/emoticon_grin.gif" alt=":D" /><br />
In these days I&#8217;m totally fine and happy, finally I could rest for a while before graduating.</p>
<p>Today I have some time to update the site, although there are not so many news.<br />
I&#8217;ve simply updated my <a href="http://tak.shinydust.net" target="_blank">Tak site</a> with some new images, check them out!</p>
<p>That&#8217;s all for today, but I&#8217;ll update again soon (luckily with some more interesting news).<br />
Now I&#8217;m going to the seaside with my boyfriend, just for a walk&#8230; and tonight we&#8217;ll eat mexican food, awesome! ^_^<br />
I wish you all a great sunday, bye!</p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>First update of the new year</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2008 09:31:54 -0500</pubDate>
<description>Hello everyone and HAPPY 2008, I hope you had wonderful holidays!!!

This is the first update of the new year, so it might be considered pretty special.
In these days I've been super busy restyling my fanlistings and today I've finally completed them all, wheeeee! :D
You'll find the 14 links here.
I've changed the codes too and you'll find more sizes.
I've also validated my entire domain for XHTML, so now it's even more accessible and viewable with all browsers.
I really hope you'll like the new layouts, it's been a tiring job and I've put a lot of effort into them.
I've also updated my Tak fansite with new images and goodies, check it out!

Recently I've been restyling and updating my complete domain because tomorrow I'll begin to study as hard as I can, and since I'll have my exams at the end of January I probably won't be able to update until the beginning / half of February.
Please be patient, this last year of University is a real nightmare for me! -_-
Anyway I'll check the email almost every day, so that I'll be ready to approve you to the Fanlistings in case you'd like to join.
Sometimes I'll also reply to your posts in the Guestbook, so don't worry. :)

Right, I'm going to rest beause lately I've spent too many hours at the pc.
I wish you a nice day and a great new year, may it be full of luck and happiness!
See you next month, take care! :*</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hello everyone and <strong><i>HAPPY 2008</i></strong>, I hope you had wonderful holidays!!!</p>
<p>This is the first update of the new year, so it might be considered pretty special.<br />
In these days I&#8217;ve been super busy restyling my fanlistings and today <u>I&#8217;ve finally completed them all</u>, wheeeee! <img src="http://www.shinydust.net/update/img/emoticon_grin.gif" alt=":D" /><br />
You&#8217;ll find the 14 links <a href="http://fan.shinydust.net/owned.php?cat=all" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
I&#8217;ve changed the codes too and you&#8217;ll find more sizes.<br />
I&#8217;ve also validated my entire domain for <strong>XHTML</strong>, so now it&#8217;s even more accessible and viewable with all browsers.<br />
I really hope you&#8217;ll like the new layouts, it&#8217;s been a tiring job and I&#8217;ve put a lot of effort into them.<br />
I&#8217;ve also updated my <a href="http://tak.shinydust.net" target="_blank">Tak fansite</a> with new images and goodies, check it out!</p>
<p>Recently I&#8217;ve been restyling and updating my complete domain because tomorrow I&#8217;ll begin to study as hard as I can, and <strong>since I&#8217;ll have my exams at the end of January I probably won&#8217;t be able to update until the <u>beginning / half of February</u>.</strong><br />
Please be patient, this last year of University is a real nightmare for me! -_-<br />
Anyway I&#8217;ll check the email almost every day, so that I&#8217;ll be ready to approve you to the Fanlistings in case you&#8217;d like to join.<br />
Sometimes I&#8217;ll also reply to your posts in the <a href="http://shinydust.net/guestbook.php" target="_blank">Guestbook</a>, so don&#8217;t worry. <img src="http://www.shinydust.net/update/img/emoticon_smile.gif" alt=":)" /></p>
<p>Right, I&#8217;m going to rest beause lately I&#8217;ve spent too many hours at the pc.</p>
<h3>I wish you a nice day and a great new year, may it be full of luck and happiness!</h3>
<p>See you next month, take care! <img src="http://www.shinydust.net/update/img/emoticon_kiss.gif" alt=":*" /></p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Graphic restyling completed</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 Dec 2007 17:44:50 -0500</pubDate>
<description>Since in these days I'm feeling creative I thought it's better to catch the chance, so here are 2 brand new layouts! ^_^
You're watching the first one right now: I've made it using 2 photos of my recent travel in Japan.
The second is in my fanlistings collective, feauturing 2 images of Sean Young from Blade Runner, one of my favourite movies ever.
I'm very happy of how they came out... I like this clean, simple and neat style, I think it suits me more.
I'm particularly satisfied with the fanlistings collective graphic, as I think it's much easier to blend pictures of bodies and faces instead of landscapes, the result looks always better.
But I like this one too, finally some green tones here!
Very relaxing, isn't it? ;)

I've remade the source and css too, revalidated everything, removed some broken links from my affiliates and from the Web-rings, etc.
I've also deleted A Tokyo Jouney, my site dedicated to my first travel in Japan on Summer 2005.
I'm a bit sad because it's been one of my first sites, but I think I've made the right choice for many reasons.
First of all because it was still based on an old Gallery script with many bugs and problems of security.
Second, it was barely visited because I had wrote everything in italian language and I didn't have time to translate all those contents in english.
Third because anyway italian people didn't give a damn about all the things I wrote, they simply checked out the Gallery page.
And since I travelled in Japan 2 other times and visited many interesting places more than the first time, I shot the best photos on the most recent travels... which means that people can simply check out my new Japan galleries on Photobucket, and I don't have to use my own webspace for all those pictures.
Fourth because I've been studying Japan, japanese language and culture for 3 years so far, and now I can really tell that everything I wrote about Tokyo and japanese people on that site was VERY naive and childish.
All those things have been written with the enthusiasm of my first journey in Japan, when I was persuaded I had already understood everything of it, while in reality I had understood barely nothing. ^_^''
Japan and japanese people are of course much more complicated than what I though and described at first.
That's why I prefered to remove that site and leave only my new Galleries.

So now I can say the full restyling of my domain is complete, hooray!!! :D
From today I'll stop spending all these hours photoshopping and I'll start studying for my exams.
I can't say this makes me happy cause I know I'll be freaking busy, but I have to do it anyway... wish me good luck as usual.

Happy holidays, see you again in some weeks!</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Since in these days I&#8217;m feeling creative I thought it&#8217;s better to catch the chance, so <strong>here are 2 brand new layouts!</strong> ^_^<br />
You&#8217;re watching the first one right now: I&#8217;ve made it using 2 photos of my recent travel in <strong>Japan</strong>.<br />
The second is in my <a href="http://fan.shinydust.net" target="_blank">fanlistings collective</a>, feauturing 2 images of <strong>Sean Young</strong> from <strong>Blade Runner</strong>, one of my favourite movies ever.<br />
I&#8217;m very happy of how they came out&#8230; I like this clean, simple and neat style, I think it suits me more.<br />
I&#8217;m particularly satisfied with the fanlistings collective graphic, as I think it&#8217;s much easier to blend pictures of bodies and faces instead of landscapes, the result looks always better.<br />
But I like this one too, finally some green tones here!<br />
Very relaxing, isn&#8217;t it? <img src="http://www.shinydust.net/update/img/emoticon_wink.gif" alt=";)" /></p>
<p>I&#8217;ve remade the source and css too, revalidated everything, removed some broken links from my affiliates and from the Web-rings, etc.<br />
I&#8217;ve also deleted <strong>A Tokyo Jouney</strong>, my site dedicated to my first travel in Japan on Summer 2005.<br />
I&#8217;m a bit sad because it&#8217;s been one of my first sites, but I think I&#8217;ve made the right choice for many reasons.<br />
<strong>First</strong> of all because it was still based on an old Gallery script with many bugs and problems of security.<br />
<strong>Second</strong>, it was barely visited because I had wrote everything in italian language and I didn&#8217;t have time to translate all those contents in english.<br />
<strong>Third</strong> because anyway italian people didn&#8217;t give a damn about all the things I wrote, they simply checked out the Gallery page.<br />
And since I travelled in Japan 2 other times and visited many interesting places more than the first time, I shot the best photos on the most recent travels&#8230; which means that people can simply check out my new Japan galleries on <strong>Photobucket</strong>, and I don&#8217;t have to use my own webspace for all those pictures.<br />
<strong>Fourth</strong> because I&#8217;ve been studying Japan, japanese language and culture for 3 years so far, and now I can really tell that everything I wrote about Tokyo and japanese people on that site was VERY naive and childish.<br />
All those things have been written with the enthusiasm of my first journey in Japan, when I was persuaded I had already understood everything of it, while in reality I had understood barely nothing. ^_^&#8221;<br />
Japan and japanese people are of course much more complicated than what I though and described at first.<br />
That&#8217;s why I prefered to remove that site and leave only my new Galleries.</p>
<p>So now I can say the full restyling of my domain is complete, hooray!!! <img src="http://www.shinydust.net/update/img/emoticon_grin.gif" alt=":D" /><br />
From today I&#8217;ll stop spending all these hours photoshopping and I&#8217;ll start studying for my exams.<br />
I can&#8217;t say this makes me happy cause I know I&#8217;ll be freaking busy, but I have to do it anyway&#8230; wish me good luck as usual.</p>
<p><strong>Happy holidays, see you again in some weeks!</strong></p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>New Tak layout!</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 22 Dec 2007 04:59:38 -0500</pubDate>
<description>Ladies and gentlemen, the new Tak layout is online!!! 8)
Check it out.
Actually I'm pretty satisfied with the result, it took me an entire night but now I think it was worth it.
I worked hours to make the new layout much more professional, powerful and easier to read and navigate, and to validate better HTML source and CSS.
I wanted the header blend to be simple but at the same time cool, cleaner and possibly with no more Tak-covered-in-blood images. ^_-

This is my Christmas present for all Tak fans... now I can finally go to bed and sleep for an entire day. :D
When I'll have more free time I'll do a complete graphic restyling of this domain and all my other sites too.
I'll update again next month, jaa ne!

I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! :*</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ladies and gentlemen, <strong>the new Tak layout</strong> is online!!! <img src="http://www.shinydust.net/update/img/emoticon_cool.gif" alt="8)" /><br />
<a href="http://tak.shinydust.net" target="_blank">Check it out</a>.<br />
Actually I&#8217;m pretty satisfied with the result, it took me an entire night but now I think it was worth it.<br />
I worked hours to make the new layout much more professional, powerful and easier to read and navigate, and to validate better HTML source and CSS.<br />
I wanted the header blend to be simple but at the same time cool, cleaner and possibly with no more Tak-covered-in-blood images. ^_-</p>
<p>This is my Christmas present for all Tak fans&#8230; now I can finally go to bed and sleep for an entire day. <img src="http://www.shinydust.net/update/img/emoticon_grin.gif" alt=":D" /><br />
When I&#8217;ll have more free time I&#8217;ll do a complete graphic restyling of this domain and all my other sites too.<br />
I&#8217;ll update again next month, jaa ne!</p>
<h3>I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! :*</h3>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Source restyling completed</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 16 Dec 2007 21:24:57 -0500</pubDate>
<description>Finally I've completed the source restyling of my entire domain. 8)
Almost every section has been renewed or updated.
You'll find new a new tracking system in the home page, updated profile and new photos in the About me page, new sites in the Portfolio page and updated links in the Exit page.

Also, I've created the new Gallery for Tak fansite, check it out!
It's powered by Coppermine Photo Gallery system, and I have to say it's really great... so powerful and works like a charm!
It provides lots of interactive functions like automatic setting language (and the possibility to change it anytime), registrations, categories, albums, slideshows, rating, comments, etc.
I'm totally satisfied with it.
I hope you'll appreciate the new domain scripts as it took me a lot of time and work, let me know your opinions.
Soon I'll also do a complete graphic restyling because I'd like a clearer, more readable and more professional layout.
I think I'll probably renew it during Christmas holidays, hold on ultil then! :D

By the way, the photos of my last journey in Japan are finally online!
You'll find all of them in my Photobucket album.
I've divided them in 3 sub-albums (1-Tokyo, 2-Niigata, 3-Kyoto), the links are in the left top menu.
I've also updated my MySpace profile with new infos, new pictures and a nice Christmas layout.
And if you want to see some videos of my beloved hammie (I know, I sound like a mother! XD) here is my YouTube channel.

Bye bye!</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Finally I&#8217;ve completed the source restyling of my entire domain. <img src="http://www.shinydust.net/update/img/emoticon_cool.gif" alt="8)" /><br />
Almost every section has been renewed or updated.<br />
You&#8217;ll find new a new tracking system in the <strong>home page</strong>, updated profile and new photos in the <strong>About me</strong> page, new sites in the <strong>Portfolio</strong> page and updated links in the <strong>Exit</strong> page.</p>
<p>Also, I&#8217;ve created the new <strong>Gallery</strong> for <a href="http://tak.shinydust.net" target="_blank">Tak fansite</a>, <a href="http://tak.shinydust.net/pictures" target="_blank">check it out</a>!<br />
It&#8217;s powered by <strong>Coppermine Photo Gallery</strong> system, and I have to say it&#8217;s really great&#8230; so powerful and works like a charm!<br />
It provides lots of interactive functions like automatic setting language (and the possibility to change it anytime), registrations, categories, albums, slideshows, rating, comments, etc.<br />
I&#8217;m totally satisfied with it.<br />
I hope you&#8217;ll appreciate the new domain scripts as it took me a lot of time and work, let me know your opinions.<br />
Soon I&#8217;ll also do a complete graphic restyling because I&#8217;d like a clearer, more readable and more professional layout.<br />
I think I&#8217;ll probably renew it during Christmas holidays, hold on ultil then! <img src="http://www.shinydust.net/update/img/emoticon_grin.gif" alt=":D" /></p>
<p>By the way, the photos of my last <strong>journey in Japan</strong> are finally online!<br />
You&#8217;ll find all of them in <a href="http://s142.photobucket.com/albums/r116/Minparty/Japan%202007/" target="_blank">my Photobucket</a> album.<br />
I&#8217;ve divided them in <strong>3 sub-albums</strong> (<strong>1-Tokyo, 2-Niigata, 3-Kyoto</strong>), the links are in the left top menu.<br />
I&#8217;ve also updated my <a href="http://www.myspace.com/minhea" target="_blank">MySpace profile</a> with new infos, new pictures and a nice Christmas layout.<br />
And if you want to see some videos of my beloved hammie (I know, I sound like a mother! XD) here is my <a href="http://www.youtube.com/Minhea" target="_blank">YouTube channel</a>.</p>
<p>Bye bye!</p>]]></content:encoded>
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<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2007 19:52:33 -0500</pubDate>
<description>Hey there! :)
This is a fast update, just to let you notice that I did a big code restyling on my entire domain.
Since the scripts I was using for fanlistings and news were old and not enough secure anymore, I finally switched to Enthusiast and to FanUpdate.
It's been tough and it took me 3 entire days because I had to change and modify almost everything, but here's the result! ^_^
I hope you'll appreciate the new fanlistings system, so much faster and efficient, and this nice neat updates script.
During last months some people wrote me saying that they weren't able to post comments on the News, due to some bug with the anti-spam image system, impossible to solve.
Instead this script works perfectly: I tried it and it never misses a post, unless it's spam, flood or blank.
Oh, and I've also changed the tag-board in Tak fansite: the old one was getting slower and slower, and using too much web space on my site, while this one is very cute and much lighter.
That's all for now... but I think soon I'll change the script of Tak site gallery too, and I'll do a graphic restyling.
So stay tuned! ;)
Bye!</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey there! <img src="http://www.shinydust.net/update/img/emoticon_smile.gif" alt=":)" /><br />
This is a fast update, just to let you notice that I did a big code restyling on my entire domain.<br />
Since the scripts I was using for fanlistings and news were old and not enough secure anymore, I finally switched to <strong>Enthusiast</strong> and to <strong>FanUpdate</strong>.<br />
It&#8217;s been tough and it took me 3 entire days because I had to change and modify almost everything, but here&#8217;s the result! ^_^<br />
I hope you&#8217;ll appreciate the new fanlistings system, so much faster and efficient, and this nice neat updates script.<br />
During last months some people wrote me saying that they weren&#8217;t able to post comments on the News, due to some bug with the anti-spam image system, impossible to solve.<br />
Instead this script works perfectly: I tried it and it never misses a post, unless it&#8217;s spam, flood or blank.<br />
Oh, and I&#8217;ve also changed the tag-board in Tak fansite: the old one was getting slower and slower, and using too much web space on my site, while this one is very cute and much lighter.<br />
That&#8217;s all for now&#8230; but I think soon I&#8217;ll change the script of Tak site gallery too, and I&#8217;ll do a graphic restyling.<br />
So stay tuned! <img src="http://www.shinydust.net/update/img/emoticon_wink.gif" alt=";)" /><br />
Bye!</p>]]></content:encoded>
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